The trigger on my 10/22 is pretty bad. It is very notchy/gritty.
Regarding the barrel band: you just pull it off?
Well, you can either spend some big bucks for the Clark Assy, or just drop in a Voquartsen hammer.
You can use a Clark, if you're willing to pay more, and buy it from Brownell's (more $$$) or wait until they decide to ship to another source, all the while getting parts that are no better than the Volquartsen, which is easily gotten, cheaper and as good or better.
Or, if you're really good working on rifles, you CAN do your own modification.
About the barrel band. Yup, just pull it off.
Ross, wood warps. When the wood warps enough that your band touches the barrel, your accuracy is going to suffer, giving you flers you can't expailn, and changing zero. Granted, it won't be too awful much, but I can tell you that your skills are high enough, RIGHT NOW, to see the difference.
Then why do you say to order these sling swivel studs as opposed to these? What do you do with the machine screw threaded stud; drill a through hole in the stock under the barrel and secure it with that nut, cutting off the excess?
First, there won't be any excess on a 10/22 Carbine. But, yes, that's what you do. The reason you don't use the second set is that they may (will) loosen up over time, and then the screw is going to wallow. Takes a lot, but ask yourself just how many THOUSAND rounds are you going to shoot through it, and how many rounds does the average owner shoot in his life.
Mikey, you think Fat Teddy ISN'T a Zombie?
Seriously, there's a group of us that do post on the Zombies Shooters forum. Myself, it's just a polite way of saying what isn't polite to say but true.